Darkest Dungeon for Pc

When I first saw this game, I though it would be an interesting thing to try out. Granted, it did take some getting used to the whole system of strategy, but now it is so immersive I can’t put it down once I start a session (which usually last for hours before I’m ready to stop). This game has a way of putting stress not only on the characters you control, but on you as well. The jarring hits and sound effects, the dark design of enemies, and the idea that random encounters or unfavorable events could happen at any time makes me nervous and tense, yet more ready than ever to tear my enemies apart piece by piece. My only wish is that while there is a lot of adventurers already, I feel one or two more with different themes would round out my roster more fully. All in all, this is a sound investment to those who like turn based action.

This game really doesn’t hold hands. You are expected to make mistakes early on, and you quickly learn not to be too attached to these characters. Not all quests are meant to be completed. You will have to abandon the quest early to save your broken heroes, or risk losing them as you proceed onward in hope that luck is on your side. Your team composition is crucial as synergies between some classes can vary from easy expedition to your worst nightmare. Yes, RNG can sometimes screw with you as many games with RNG would. But it is your own ability that can reduce the odds of it happening, or preventing it from happening. This isn’t some 10 hour long iOS RPG, normal difficulty should take roughly 50-70 hours for completion. If you love a challenge, take a shot at it, as it sure will give you some like you have never had before.

After spending a lot more time playing this game, I am revising my review. The RNG nature of the game makes it a bit difficult to deal with at times, but then, reality is not fair, so games can get away with it also. Really, this game can be very rewarding and highly frustrating, and takes some getting used to. Heroes will die, sometimes because it seems like the enemies get 3-4 actions to your one. I have lost more people to random hallway encounters than all the bosses in the game combined. My biggest issues with the game are structural, not game play related. The recent change to Dropbox broke the ability to sync games - you can now only export. The UI is a bit clunky and hard to manage, and the fonts need some scaling options. This is obviously a port from a PC game, and needs some "love" to make it work well as a tablet game.

I really want to like this game for its ambiance and quality graphics presentation, but ultimately I’m finding the technical issues and game play frustrating. UI is buggy and hard to control, and text is too small. Display is not optimized to iPad; it’s letterboxed top and bottom. The combat choices are uninteresting. Every battle feels like a damage race with enemies. I’m not seeing the point of many buffs when four enemies are chewing down your health with cheap shots, and most healing options are inadequate. Battles feel slow with lots of animations, and not many ways to speed thing up. I don’t feel like there are many clever synergies between classes to exploit. Dungeon exploration is linear without compelling gameplay. Do I open the box or not? Oh, I miss clicked on the trap and triggered it. Didn’t bring a shovel? Your crew gets scared and takes damage tearing down obstacles. Tap torches or not, depending on how spooky you want it. City management is also boring. you spend money to heal characters of stress and annoying conditions, you spend alt currencies to upgrade buildings, the progress is slow and fairly linear. It reminds me of bad free to play city management games. Ultimately, I want it to move faster with more interesting choices throughout. I’m ok with difficult, strategic games, but this feels like you’re strapped in to a defined progression path that is made artificially long with slow grinding gameplay.